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March 1, 1966 F. P. SAUER, SR

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Dec. 9, 1963 24 FIG-7 INVENTOR. FRED P. SAUER,SR.

BY JW 3% ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,237,629 CIGARETTE HOLDER Fred P. Sauer, Sr., 2804 N. 53rd St., Milwaukee, Wis. Filed Dec. 9, 1963, Ser. No. 329,072 2 Claims. (Cl. 131175) My invention relates to cigarette holders, and more particularly to an enclosure or barrel for supporting and encasing a cigarette that has been ignited for smoking.

The prime purpose of my invention is to provide a cigarette holder that prevents any sparks or ashes from dropping while the cigarette is being smoked.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described that retains the cigarette in proper position at all times.

A further object of the invention is to construct the device in a manner to prevent it from being smoked when the fire reaches the filter end.

A still further object is to provide a device that accumulates all the ashes, yet is prevented from heating to a temperature that would interfere with its manipulation.

It is manifest to anyone familiar with smoking cigarettes, that they can and do present a hazard, due to. dropping ashes and sparks, as well as the burning of the tobacco constituting the cigarette, even while the cigarette is not being smoked. The device decribed, illustrated and claimed herein, enables the user to enjoy a cigarette during the smoking process, without the danger of a messy distribution of ashes and sparks, making it possible to smoke a cigarette in many places and under many conditions, even while the user is reposing in bed prior to retiring.

The device is simple in construction, positive in performance and easy to manipulate for loading and unloading.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent as the description proceeds, when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an outer side-view of the device assembled.

FIGURE 1-A is a top view of the device showing the opening in the cover portion.

FIGURE 2 is a similar view as shown in FIG. 1, showing the clamping members employed for ejecting the end, or filter portion of the cigarette.

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary portion of the device illustrating a modified cover construction with a perforated cylindrical portion extending therefrom.

FIGURE 4 shows still another cover construction equipped with a hinge.

FIGURE 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the entire assembled device, showing a fragmentary portion of a pivot type cover in an open position and a cigarette inserted. For clarity, apertures of the inner wall 14 have been omitted.

FIGURE 6 is a similar view as shown in FIG. 5, with the cigarette in smoking position and ignited for use (for clarity, apertures 15 of the inner wall 14 have been omitted), and

FIGURE 7 is still another longitudinal cross-sectional view of the device, with the cover pivotally opened, and the clamping members pressed inward to allow the unsmoked portion to be ejected, and to empty the ashes that have accumulated during the smoking operation.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and referring now to the same, the character 10, shows a cylindrical enclosure or barrel equipped with elongated slots 11 extending through the peripheral wall at its upper portion, and a plurality of elongated slots 12 extending through its wall at its lower portion. For clarity, the lower slots 12 which "ice are visible in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 have been omitted from FIGS. 6 and 7.

There is an insert shown as 13, of cylindrical contour, having an inner wall 14, equipped with apertures 15, and an outer wall 16 also equipped With apertures shown as 17. The space between the inner wall 14 and the outer Wall 16, is shown packed with a fibrous material 18 (see FIGS. 56 and 7), which material is non-inflammable and acts as an insulation to prevent the outer wall 16 from being heated, making it possible for the user to have contact with the device during its use. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the apertures 17 of insert 13 have been omit-ted for the sake of clarity.

The enclosure 10 is provided with a cover 19 which may be pivotally mounted on a pin 20, or may be hingedly attached at 21 to the body or enclosure 10 as shown in FIG. 4.

The cover 19 (see FIG. l-A) is provided with an opening shown as 22. Obviously this opening may be of any shape, or contour. Alternatively, cover 19 may include an upwardly extending cylindrical portion with apertures 1% as shown in FIG. 3. Cover 19 with cylindrical portion 19a pivots around pin 20'.

The bottom of the enclosure 10 is provided with a mouth piece 23 attached at 24 to the tapered lower end of the enclosure 10, in any convenient manner, and equipped with a longitudinal opening extending therethrough and registering with a similar opening 26 (see FIG. 5) in the bottom of the tapered section of the enclosure 19. The opening 26 has a bypass, or port shown as 27 extending outward therefrom as shown in FIG. 5.

There is a tubular member 28 having a cigarette receptacle 29 mounted to its upper end. The receptacle 29 is shown tapered on its outer surface. The tubular member 28 slidably engages the longitudinal opening 25 and 26, in the mouth piece 23 and the tapered lower end of the body 10.

The cigarette receptacle 29 has a pin 30 extending laterally therefrom, which pin extends outward through one of the elongated slots 12 in the wall of the enclosure 10 (see FIGS. 1 and 2), obviously another pin 30 may extend laterally through a slot 12 on the opposite side of the body.

There are a pair of disengaging levers shown as 31, which are pivotally mounted at 32 (see FIG. 5), to the inside of the enclosure wall 10, and having outwardly extending members 33 projecting through oppositely disposed longitudinal slots 12 as shown, and there are in- Wardly extending members 34 entering oppositely disposed sl'ots 35 in the lower portion of the cylindrical insert 13.

An expansion coil-spring 36 engages the lower face of the insert 13, and the upper face of the cigarette receptacle 29, and is normally in a retrieved position as shown in FIG. 5.

The operation of the device and function is as follows: The cover 19 is opened (see FIG. 5) and the receptacle 29 being normally in a raised position, permits the engagement of the cigarette shown as 37. The cigarette 37 is then brought downward by sliding the pin 30 downward in the slot 12, extending the spring 36 to bring the cigarette 37 to a position as shown in FIG. 6 and by closing the cover 19 it will abut the top end of the cigarette 37 against the inner face of the cover 19, permitting it to be ignited through the opening 22 in the cover 19.

Obviously as the cigarette is being smoked by the user the smoke will pass through the tube 28, and as the cigarette 37 burns shorter, the spring 36 will bring the member 29 supporting the cigarette 37, upward to a position where the lower end of the tube 28 is disposed above the air bypass 27, permitting air to enter the mouth piece tube 25 stopping the flow of smoke from the cigarette 37 from entering the mouth of the user. At this point the disengaging levers 31 are pushed inward and the members 34 will clamp the extreme end of the cigarette 37, and the member 29 is forced downward (see FIG. 7) by the pin 30, disengaging the cigarette 37, and when the cover 19 is opened as shown in FIG. 7, the end of the cigarette and all the ashes that have accumulated within the insert 13 may be disposed of.

While the cigarette 37 is burning, the spring 36 will force it upward against the cover 19, and the ashes will accumulate within the insert 13 which is insulated and perforated preventing the enclosure from becoming overheated.

In the chosen embodiments of my invention there are many features not heretofore disclosed in the art, and although I have shown a specific structure and arrangement of the component parts constituting my invention, I am fully cognizant of the fact that many changes may be made in the shape, form and configuration of the parts and in their arrangement without effecting their operation, and I reserve the right to make such changes as I may deem convenient or necessary without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States 1. A cigarette holder having a mouthpiece at one end portion thereof, a hollow barrel member in axial alignment with the mouthpiece and attached thereto, the barrel member having a free end having an apertured closure hingedly mounted thereon, and having a slotted cylindrical wall merging with a tapered imperforate wall portion at the opposite end thereof, a slidable socket adapted to receive and hold the unlit end of a cigarette, the socket having a tubular member attached thereto and commu nicating with the cigarette holding portion and extending axially therefrom, said tapered wall portion of the barrel having means for seating said socket whereby the axial tubular member extends through an axial passage in said tapered wall portion and in said mouthpiece forming a slidable lining therefor, saidtapered Wall portion having a radially directed passage adapted to permit air to enter the axial passage in the inner end of said radial passage and being closed by said lining and an expansion spring fixed to said socket and to an internal portion of the hollow barrel and adapted to bias the socket and the tubular extension and a cigarette in said socket against the ap-ertured closure whereby said tubular extension will open said radial passage When a major portion of the cigarette is consumed thereby terminating the smoking thereof.

2. A cigarette holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the length of the tubular extension is such that when the socket is positioned in the seating means in the tapered wall portion of the barrel, the tubular extension has an end portion flush with the bit end of the mouthpiece, and said radial passage being opened when said tubular end portion passes the same.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 971,497 9/1910 Etcheverry et al. 13'1175 1,319,622 10/1919 Salmon et a1 131174X 1,469,277 10/1923 Sitter 131-182 X 1,485,267 2/1924 Herks 131175 2,580,523 1/1952 Grone 131-181 2,711,176 6/1955 Vakilian 131-1'75 2,788,005 4/1957 Gustafsson 131-175 FOREIGN PATENTS 529,810 7/ 1955 Italy.

SAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner.

JOSEPH S.-REICH, Examiner. 

1. A CIGARETTE HOLDER HAVING A MOUTHPIECE AT ONE END PORTION THEREOF, A HOLLOW BARREL MEMBER IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE MOUTHPIECE AND ATTACHED THERETO, THE BARREL MEMBER HAVING A FREE END HAVING AN APERTURED CLOSURE HINGEDLY MOUNTED THEREON, AND HAVING A SLOTTED CYLINDRICAL WALL MERGING WITH A TAPERED IMPERFORATE WALL PORTION AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, A SLIDABLE SOCKET ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND HOLD THE UNLIT END OF A CIGARETTE, THE SOCKET HAVING A TUBULAR MEMBER ATTACHED THERETO AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE CIGARETTE HOLDING PORTION AND EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREFROM, SAID TAPERED WALL PORTION OF THE BARREL HAVING MEANS FOR SEATING SAID SOCKET WHEREBY THE AXIAL TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDS THROUGH AN AXIAL PASSAGE IN SAID TAPERED WALL PORTION AND IN SAID MOUTHPIECE FORMING A SLIDABLE LINING THEREFOR, SAID TAPERED WALL PORTION HAVING A RADIALLY DIRECTED PASSAGE ADAPTED TO PERMIT AIR TO ENTER THE AXIAL PASSAGE IN THE INNER END OF SAID RADIAL PASSAGE AND BEING CLOSED BY SAID LINING AND AN EXPANSION SPRING FIXED TO SAID SOCKET AND TO AN INTERNAL PORTION OF THE HOLLOW BARREL AND ADAPTED TO BIAS THE SOCKET AND THE 